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    Home » Cookies

    Crushed Candy Cane Cookies

    By Elizabeth Waterson // Dec 7, 2019 (Updated Jun 8, 2025) // Leave a Comment

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    overhead view of White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

    These Candy Cane White Chocolate Cookies are chewy and full of Christmas flavor. Step-by-step photos help you make sure you bake the perfect cookies for your family and friends!

    close up of a Crushed Candy Cane Cookie on a grey surface

    Christmas time means obnoxious amounts of sweets are accepted. I realize Christmas is over. But I still have candy canes. So I decided to bake.  Just because it's January doesn't mean I am going to stop baking to go to the gym.

    Anyways back to the point. I thought about these cookies weeks before I actually made them. Busy got the best of me.

    I made them. I loved them.

    Chewy cookies, with creamy dreamy white chocolate and minty clean peppermint chunks and candy canes!

    You make them. You love them. They disappear.

    Some of my other favorite cookies to serve at Christmas time are Amaretti Cookies, Viennese Whirls, Cream Cheese Cookies, and Homemade Brownies.

    baked White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies on a silpat lined baking sheet

    Let's get to the recipe

    Ingredient Stars

    • White Chocolate Chips- Good quality makes a huge difference. I use Callebaut White Chocolate Callets.
    • Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips
    • Candy Canes crushed up

    Instructions

    In the bowl of an electric mixer or large bowl with handheld electrical mixer combine butter and sugars. 

    butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a metal mixing bowl

    Mix on medium speed for around 3 minutes, until light and fluffy.

    metal bowl with whipped butter and sugar with an egg and vanilla extract on top

    Stir in vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Scraping down the bowl to ensure everything is evenly combined.

    wet ingredients for cookie dough in a metal bowl

    In a small bowl mix together flour, baking soda, and salt.

    flour, baking soda, salt, and cornstarch in a small glass bowl

    Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and slowly mix together.

    dry ingredients added to wet ingredients to make cookie dough in a metal bowl

    When about 75% mixed through stir in white chocolate chips, Andes peppermint crunch bits, and crushed candy canes.

    crushed candy canes, white chocolate chips, and peppermint chips on top of cookie dough in a bowl
    Crushed Candy Cane Cookie dough in a metal bowl

    Scoop the dough using a medium cookie scoop and place on a plate/cookie sheet cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.

    Crushed Candy Cane Cookie dough scooped on a small baking sheet

    Preheat the oven to 350F/180C and line your baking sheet with a Silpat liner or parchment paper. This is important to stop the cookies from sticking.

    Place the cookie dough on the sheet, 2 inches apart and bake for 8-11 minutes. Until the cookies are slightly golden around the edges. Let the cookies cool on the tray for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack.

    overhead view of White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

    Check out this post on my Cookie Baking Tips

    Can You Make Cookies Ahead Of Time

    You can bake the cookies and freeze them or freeze the unbaked cookie dough.

    To freeze unbaked cookie dough scoop the cookie dough into balls then place on a parchment-lined plate. Place the plate in the freezer for 30 minutes to freeze the dough into their ball shape. Transfer dough balls to a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.

    To bake from frozen just add an additional minute or two to the baking time.

    To freeze baked cookies let the baked cookies cool completely then store in a freezer-safe container. Let cookies thaw at room temperature for 30 minutes.

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    Candy Cane White Chocolate Cookies

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    These Candy Cane White Chocolate Cookies are chewy and full of Christmas flavor. Step-by-step photos help you make sure you bake the perfect cookies for your family and friends!

    • Total Time: 22 mins
    • Yield: 36 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 8oz (1 Cup) Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
    • 100 grams (½ Cups) Granulated Sugar
    • 200 grams (1 Cup) Light Brown Sugar
    • 2 Large Eggs, at room temperature
    • 2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
    • 375 grams (3 Cups) All-Purpose Flour
    • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
    • 1 Teaspoon Salt
    • (1 Cup) White Chocolate Chips- My favorite are Callebaut White Chocolate Callets
    • (½ Cup) Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips
    • 6 Candy Canes crushed up

    Instructions

    1. In the bowl of an electric mixer or large bowl with handheld electrical mixer combine butter and sugars. Mix on medium speed for around 3 minutes, until light and fluffy.
    2. Stir in vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Scraping down the bowl to ensure everything is evenly combined.
    3. In a small bowl mix together flour, baking soda, and salt.
    4. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and slowly mix together, when about 75% mixed through stir in white chocolate chips, Andes peppermint crunch bits, and crushed candy canes.

    5. Sccop the dough using a medium cookie scoop and place on a plate/cookie sheet cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
    6. Preheat oven to 350F/180C and if using, line your baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper. Place the cookie dough on the sheet, 2 inches apart and bake for 11-13 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the tray for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack

    Equipment

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    • Author: Elizabeth Waterson
    • Prep Time: 10 mins
    • Cook Time: 12 mins
    • Category: Dessert
    • Method: Bake
    • Cuisine: American

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